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Entry शलाका

शलाकाśalākāA small stick, peg, rod, pin, piece, thin bar (of anything); अयस्कान्तमणिशलाका Māl.1.
[शल्-आकः Uṇ.4.15]
1. A small stick, peg, rod, pin, piece, thin bar (of anything); अयस्कान्तमणिशलाका Māl.1.
2. A pencil, small stick (used in painting the eyes with collyrium); अज्ञानान्धस्य लोकस्य ज्ञानाञ्जन- शलाकया । चक्षुरुन्मीलितं येन तस्मै पाणिनये नमः ॥ Śik.58; Ku.1. 47; ययौ शलाकामपरा वहन्ती R.7.8.
3. An arrow.
4. A dart, javelin.
5. A probe or a kind of pointed surgical instrument.
6. A rib (as of an umbrella); न ते शतशलाकेन...छत्रेणाभिविराजते Rām.2.26.1.
7. A bone (forming the root of the fingers and toes); पाणिपाद- शलाकाश्च तेषां स्थानचतुष्टयम् Y.3.85.
8. A sprout, spring, shoot; उद्भिन्नया रत्नशलाकयेव Ku.1.24.
9. A paint-brush.
10. A tooth-brush, tooth-pick.
11. A porcupine.
12. An oblong piece of ivory or bone used in gambling.
13. A ruler.
14. The Sārikā bird.
15. A peg, pin; ततोऽम्बष्ठोऽस्थिभेदिन्या निरभिद्यच्छलाकया Mb.7.25.5.
16. Bar (of a cage or window).
17. A finger; शलाकानखपातैश्च (युद्धमभवत्) Mb.4.13.29.
Derived forms and compounds
- -धूर्तः (forming शलाकधूर्तः) a swindler, sharper.
- -परि Indeclinable an unlucky throw or movement of one of the pieces at a game played with Śalākās; Compare परि or अक्षपरि; ParasmaipadaII.1.1.
- -परीक्षा the method of examining a student from a page whichever opened by a Śalākā inserted into a book.
- -पुरुषाः Name of 63 divine personages among Jainas.
- -यन्त्रम् (in surgery) a pointed instrument, probe.
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